Qualifying care relief for carers (Self Assessment helpsheet HS236)
Find out how to get certain payments tax-free for foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers.
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- HM Revenue & Customs
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- 4 July 2014
- Last updated
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2023)(2025)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2022)(2024)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2021)(2023)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2020)(2022)
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Details
If you’re a foster carer or an adult placement carer, this guide will help you fill in your tax return. It also covers parent and child arrangements, supported lodgings schemes, claiming capital allowances and qualifying care in partnerships.
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Published 4 July 2014
Last updated 6 April 2024
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2025-04-06 09:30
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2025. Helpsheets for the tax years 2020 and 2021 have been removed.
2024-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2023 to 2024.
2023-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2022 to 2023 has been added, and the version for tax year 2018 to 2019 has been removed.
2022-04-06 00:15
We have added the helpsheet Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers for 2022.
HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2023)(2025)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2022)(2024)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2021)(2023)
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HS236 Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers (2020)(2022)
HTML
Details
If you’re a foster carer or an adult placement carer, this guide will help you fill in your tax return. It also covers parent and child arrangements, supported lodgings schemes, claiming capital allowances and qualifying care in partnerships.
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Published 4 July 2014
Last updated 6 April 2024
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Update history
2025-04-06 09:30
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2025. Helpsheets for the tax years 2020 and 2021 have been removed.
2024-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2023 to 2024.
2023-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2022 to 2023 has been added, and the version for tax year 2018 to 2019 has been removed.
2022-04-06 00:15
We have added the helpsheet Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers for 2022.
Details
If you’re a foster carer or an adult placement carer, this guide will help you fill in your tax return. It also covers parent and child arrangements, supported lodgings schemes, claiming capital allowances and qualifying care in partnerships.
Updates to this page
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Update history
2025-04-06 09:30
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2025. Helpsheets for the tax years 2020 and 2021 have been removed.
2024-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet has been added for the tax year 2023 to 2024.
2023-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2022 to 2023 has been added, and the version for tax year 2018 to 2019 has been removed.
2022-04-06 00:15
We have added the helpsheet Qualifying care relief: foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers for 2022.